Legendary Account involves the artist asking profound, existential questions in the user-generated forum Yahoo! Answers, which requires users to select categories like “Pets” or “Home Maintenance” before posting. It is commonly used for questions like “Where is the nearest pet store?” Holmberg’s questions subvert the simple Q&A service. They are too searching, too complex; they tease the system of Yahoo! Answers and challenge commenters to interpret and grapple with philosophical questions.
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2011
- Submitted to ArtBase: Sunday Jan 13th, 2013
- Original Url: http://joelholmberg.com/legendary-account
- Permalink: http://archive.rhizome.org/artbase/53520/qa@show=0SytyAhyaa&link=question
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Work Credits:
- Joel Holmberg, primary creator
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